Dmitri Alexeev (russian: Дмитрий Константинович Алексеев, ''Dmitrij Konstantinovič Alekseev'', born 10 August 1947 in

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) is a Russian

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. He studied at the

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, and additionally under

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. In the 1970s, Alexeev made his debuts in

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, and also won the Leeds Piano Competition in 1975. As of 2010, he was teaching at the

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in London. He is represented by

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.http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=178&c=2 IMG Artists. Retrieved 12 February 2010. Alexeev's repertoire, part of which has been recorded, includes works by Alexander Scriabin, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms,

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, Frédéric Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Dmitri Shostakovich. He has also accompanied

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Selected discography

* Johannes Brahms: Piano Works, Ops. 76 and 116-119 / Robert Schumann: ''Etudes Symphoniques'' (EMI) * Frédéric Chopin: Waltzes (Complete) ( EMI Seraphim) * Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (Complete) (

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/ Robert Schumann: Piano Concerti - with Temirkanov, Royal PO (EMI) * Nikolai Medtner: Piano Concerto No 1; Piano Quintet - with Lazarev, BBC SO (Hyperion) *

: Piano Concerti Nos. 2 & 3 - with Temirkanov, Royal PO (EMI) * Sergei Rachmaninoff: Preludes; Morceaux De Fantasie; Moments Musicaux (

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) * Sergei Rachmaninoff: ''Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini'' - with Temirkanov, St. Petersburg PO (RCA) * Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Three Preludes - with Fedoseyev, Royal PO (EMI) * Sergei Rachmaninoff / Nikolai Medtner: Music for Two Pianos - with Nikolai Demidenko (Hyperion) * Alexander Scriabin: Sonatas (Complete) (Brilliant Classics) * Alexander Scriabin: ''Prometheus'' - with Muti, Philadelphia O (EMI) * Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerti Nos. 1 & 2; ''Assault on the Beautiful Gorky'' - with Maksymiuk, English Chamber O (Classics for Pleasure)

References

1947 births Living people Russian classical pianists Male classical pianists Musicians from Moscow Prize-winners of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition prize-winners Russian expatriates in the United Kingdom 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century Russian male musicians {{Russia-classical-pianist-stub